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Prov 7:20

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 7:20 · Douay-Rheims
“He took with him a bag of money: he mill return home the day of the full moon.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
254
A.D.
Origen Patristic
c. A.D. 184–253
“In these words, "after many days he will return home," Paul (who in the spirit perceived the plan of the divine economy) refers to the last enemy which is to be destroyed, that is, death. That enemy is the man of wickedness that Solomon will describe as one who took in his hand "a bag of money," that is, humanity. When [humanity] sins again and again, it allows itself to disregard the fear of God. It [only] becomes distressed when the human race is brought to the point of trials. Otherwise, if it never envisioned any fear of God at all, it would have perished in an instant.”
Source
481 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“He has taken a purse of money with him. He took with him the glory of the resurrection and the honor of immortality, by which He might gladden and enrich the citizens of that homeland.”
Source
735
A.D.
Bede Patristic
A.D. 673–735
“He will return to his house on the day of the full moon. When the Church of His elect has completed its number, He will return for judgment.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.